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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL KREKELER AND PAUL KRAIS, OF ELBERFELD, GERMANY, ASSIGN'ORS TO THE FARBENFABRIKEN, VORMALS FR. BAYER & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

RED DYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,982, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed January 21, 1 8 93.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL KREKELER and PAUL KRAIS, chemists, (assignors to the FAR- BENFABRIKEN, VORMALS FR. BAYER & (30., of Elberfeld,) subjects of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Elberfeld, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Dye-Stuffs, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the production of a new azo dye-stuff by combining equal mo- I lecular proportions of alphanaphthol alphamonosulpho acid (1.5) or its alkaline salts and diazotized amidobenzoic acid.

In carrying out our invention practically we proceed as follows: 1.37 kilos, by weight, of amidobenzoic acid are dissolved in about one hundred liters of water with the addition of 2.4.4 kilos, by weight, of a muriatic acid solution (containing thirty per cent. of pure hydrochloric acid), and this solution, after cooling, is slowly mixed with a liquid prepared by dissolving 0.7 kilos, by weight, of sodium nitrite in about four liters of water, in order to produce the diazo compound of amidobenzoic acid. Then the diazotizing is completed, the

. resulting liquid is cooled and added to an icy cold solution obtained by dissolving 2.46 kilos, by weight, of the sodium salt alpha-naphtholalphamonosulpho acid (1.5) and 2.12 kilos, by weight, of sodium carbonate (N a 00,). After standing for about twelve hours the resulting liquid mixture is acidulated by the addition of hydrochloric acid in excess, and the dye-stuff is isolated by salting out, filtering off, washing with a solution of common salt in water, pressing and drying.

Our new dye-stufi thus produced and corresponding to the following formula:

forms a dark red mass and, after pulverizing, a dark red powder. It easily dissolvesin wa- Serial No. 459,050. (Specimens) common salt or concentrated hydrochloric acid. showing a yellowish-hue. By ammonia, sodium carbonate and soda-lye it is dissolved with red color, while it is only sparingly soluble in diluted hydrochloric or sulfuric acid with slightly red color. tery solutions ammonia, sodium carbonate or soda-lye the original red color becomes somewhat more yellowish. If hydrochloric or sulfuric acid is added to its solutions in water,

It is soluble in alcohol with red color On adding to its wared flakes are precipitated. In concentrated 6o sulfuric acid it dissolves with bluish-red color which on the addition of water becomes yellower, a precipitate being not separated. It is capable of dyeing in acid baths wool mordanted with chromium salts, and especially it is adapted for printing purposes, as it yields red shades, when a paste containing this new product mixed with a chromium salt and a suitable thickening is printed on cotton goods.

Havingthus described our invention and in what manner it can be performed, that which we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The process of producing a new azo coloring-matter by combining equal molecular proportions of alphanaphtholalphamonosulphoacid (OH:SO H= 1.5) or its alkaline salts and diazotized amidobenzoic acid.

2. The coloring-matter which has the formula:

OOOI-I forming a dark red powder, soluble in water i uble in ammonia, sodium carbonate and sodanames in the presence of two subscribing witlye with red color; sparingly soluble in dilute nesses.

hydrochloric and sulphuric acid With Slightly CARL KREKELER. red @0101; producing on chrome inordants red PAUL KRAIS. 5 shades; and havingthe qualities substantially Witnesses:

as specified. WM. ESSENWEIN,

I11 testimony whereof We have signed our RUDOLPH FRIOKE. 

